clawchat-set-greeting

name	clawchat-set-greeting
version	1.0.0
description	Use when the user wants to customize, change, set, or reset this agent's first-load / activation greeting — what the agent says the first time it connects to a ClawChat conversation. Writes the greeting instruction to ~/clawchat/greeting.md.

Set the ClawChat first-load greeting

The first-load greeting is what this agent does the first time it connects to a ClawChat direct conversation with its owner. By default the ClawChat plugin injects a built-in instruction telling you to send a short, friendly self-introduction.

You can override that instruction with a file at ~/clawchat/greeting.md (the clawchat folder in the current user's home directory). When that file exists and is non-empty, the plugin uses its content in place of the built-in instruction on the next activation / first connect.

Important: the file is a prompt to YOU, not a literal message

The content of ~/clawchat/greeting.md is an instruction to you (the agent) about how to greet — exactly like the built-in one — not a message delivered to the user verbatim. Write it as a directive you will follow to produce the actual greeting. For example: "Greet the user warmly in Chinese, mention you can help manage their schedule, keep it to one sentence." — not the finished greeting sentence itself.

Procedure

1. Confirm the greeting instruction with the user: tone, language, what to mention, length.
2. Create the ~/clawchat/ directory if it does not exist, then write the agreed instruction to ~/clawchat/greeting.md using your own file-write tool. The path is literally the clawchat folder in the home directory.
3. Keep it a short prompt (a few lines). Do not include secrets or the user's private data.
4. Tell the user it takes effect on the next first-load / activation — it does not resend the greeting in the current conversation.

Resetting to the default

To restore the built-in greeting, delete ~/clawchat/greeting.md (or empty it). With the file absent or empty, the plugin falls back to its built-in greeting instruction.

Notes

• This affects only the first-load activation greeting, not later replies.
• The same file is honored by both ClawChat agent runtimes (Hermes and OpenClaw).